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Swiss Day June 26 - here's the schedule

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 22, 2016 - 5:04pm

The Swiss Community Historical Society will celebrate a prominent local farmer, entrepreneur and community servant at its annual June Swiss Day event, Sunday, June 26.

John U. Amstutz, who lived and worked in the late 19th and early 20th century, was a coffin-maker and undertaker for the local region.  

In addition, he provided a variety of community services from his property including a sorghum cane mill and press, a cider press, wood and metal-working shops, a clock shop and general store, a photography studio, and a weighing scale for produce loaded farm wagons.

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It's only a "strawberry moon"

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 22, 2016 - 4:50pm

The first time in decades that a full moon ("Strawberry Moon") has appeared on the summer solstice as seen here Monday evening.

The next such event?  2062.  (USA Today, Christian Science Monitor, and other news services) Ken Collins, Ada Icon photographer, took this photo in Ada.

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Ada is Model A Ford capital of Ohio on Thursday - 40 cars in town

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 22, 2016 - 4:32pm

FROM ADA ICON - Watch for an invasion of Model A Fords in Ada on Thursday.

Ada will be visited by nearly 40 Model A Fords, ranging in model year from 1928 to 1931.

They will be on exhibit in the Ada depot parking lot and are part of an all-day celebration.

In cooperation with the Buy Ada First and Ada Area Chamber of Commerce, several activities are planned to entertain the visiting Model A drivers. Some of these activities are open to the public.

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School board acts on resignations and hirings

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 22, 2016 - 4:28pm

Bluffton school board will act on several resignations and hirings during its Thursday, June 23, board meeting. Action anticipated includes:

(The entire June 23 agenda is an attachment at the bottom of the story)

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Hard at work

Posted by Fred Steiner on June 22, 2016 - 3:53pm

Elementary-age students at Bluffton Child Development Center held a car wash at the Center on Wednesday. A complimentary lemonade was given to drivers.

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Summer ‘Family Day’ June 25 at The Quarry Farm

Posted by Anne Pannabecke... on June 21, 2016 - 7:34pm

The Quarry Farm Nature Preserve & Conservation Farm, Pandora, is holding the Summer 2016 Family Day on Saturday, June 25, from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

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